Daily GK Update 30th August 2016, Important Current Affairs

1. India and the United States have signed Logistics
Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) that will enable both countries to use
each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of defence supplies.

2. Eminent Dogri language Poetess and novelist Padma Sachdev was awarded the
prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015.

3. India and Myanmar have signed four Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
enhance cooperation and bilateral relations between the two countries.

4. The International Day Against Nuclear Tests is observed on 29 August across
the world to raise awareness about the effects of nuclear weapon test
explosions or any other nuclear explosions. Observance of the day calls for the
urgent need to prevent nuclear catastrophes to avert devastating effects on
humankind, the environment and the planet. It also highlights urgent need for
cessation of nuclear weapons as one of the means of achieving the goal of a
nuclear-weapon-free world.

5. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the first time has
successfully conducted the Scramjet (or Supersonic Combusting ramjet) engine
test.

6. NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft has successfully executed its first
flyby of Jupiter, our solar system’s most massive planet. During its first
flyby, Juno passed just 4,200 kilometres above the planet’s clouds. It was the
closest contact ever achieved by a man-made probe with Jupiter.

7. Nico Rosberg of Mercedes won the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula One
(F1). It was Rosberg’s first ever win at Spa and sixth of the 2016 season. This
win has narrowed the gap between Hamilton and him to nine points in the
championship standings.